Joseph-Antoine Bell

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Joseph-Antoine Bell
Personnel
birthday October 8, 1954
place of birth Mouandé ,  Cameroon
size 182 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1975-1981 Union Douala
1981-1983 Africa Sports National
1983-1985 Arab Contractors
1985-1988 Olympique Marseille 109 (0)
1988-1989 Sporting Toulon 31 (0)
1989-1991 Girondins Bordeaux 75 (0)
1991-1994 AS Saint-Etienne 99 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1977-1994 Cameroon 52 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Joseph-Antoine Bell (born October 8, 1954 in Mouandé , Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football goalkeeper . He was considered one of Africa's best goalkeepers throughout his career and was voted Africa's Goalkeeper of the Century in 1998 .

Club career

Bell began his career in 1975 at Union Douala , with which he became Cameroonian champion in 1976 and 1978. In 1979 he won the CAF Champions League with this club . From 1981 to 1983, Bell went to Africa Sports National . Then he moved to Egypt to Arab Contractors .

In 1985 he was signed by the top French club Olympique Marseille . In the 1988/89 season he was at Sporting Toulon in goal and in 1989 went to Girondins Bordeaux . AS Saint-Étienne was the last club he played for and joined in 1991. Here he ended his career in 1994. In France's top division , he made a total of 314 appearances in these nine years. He could not win a national title; but he was twice runner-up (1987 with Marseille and 1990 with Bordeaux) and was also in two cup finals (1986 and 1987), but he lost both with Marseille - and each against Bordeaux.

National team

For the Cameroonian national team he was in goal 52 times and took part in a soccer world championship three times ( 1982 , 1990 , 1994 ) . In 1984 and 1988 he was African champion with Cameroon , in 1992 he was in the semifinals of this competition, in which he could only be defeated on penalties against Ivory Coast.

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personal data
SURNAME Bell, Joseph-Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Mouandé , Cameroon